About 400 B.C. - The Hippocratic Oath
The Greek physician Hippocrates, created this oath, which stated, verbatim: "I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel". It was the first legal argument presented against euthanasia by a doctor.
14th through 20th Century English Common Law
For over 700 years, the Anglo American common law tradition has punished or otherwise disapproved of both suicide and assisting suicide
Early History of Euthanasia
About 400 B.C. - The Hippocratic Oath
The Greek physician Hippocrates, created this oath, which stated, verbatim: "I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel". It was the first legal argument presented against euthanasia by a doctor.
14th through 20th Century English Common Law
For over 700 years, the Anglo American common law tradition has punished or otherwise disapproved of both suicide and assisting suicide
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